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C-Span Puts Full Archives on the Web

By Leslie A. Pardo

The archives, at C-SpanVideo.org, covers 23 years of history and five presidential administrations.  Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, now totaling over 160,000 hours, is contained in the C-SPAN Archives and immediately accessible through the database and electronic archival systems. 

Check out their Memorable Moments from the Video Library. Below is just a sample of what you will find.

• Al Gore concession in 2000 election 
• Barack Obama 2004 convention speech 
• George H.W. Bush introducing Dan Quayle as VP nominee in New Orleans 
• George W. Bush announcing the capture of Saddam Hussein 
• Bill Clinton ?I did not have sex? remarks 
• Dan Quayle and Murphy Brown  
• George H.W. Bush inviting Dana Carvey to the White House where he impersonates Bush 1992

Full post as published by Ross-Blakley Law Library Blog on March 19, 2010 (boomark / email).